David Arthur Skeel

Books

TRUE PARADOX: HOW CHRISTIANITY MAKES SENSE OF OUR COMPLEX WORLD (IVP Books, 2014).
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BANKRUPTCY (Foundation Press 9th ed., 2012) (with William Warren and Daniel J. Bussel).

THE NEW FINANCIAL DEAL: UNDERSTANDING THE DODD-FRANK ACT AND ITS (UNINTENDED) CONSEQUENCES (Wiley, 2011).
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DEBT'S DOMINION: A HISTORY OF BANKRUPTCY LAW IN AMERICA (Princeton University Press 2001).
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Articles and Book Chapters

Distorted Choice in Corporate Bankruptcy, 130 YALE L. J. 366 (2020).

Unwritten Rules and the New Contract Paradigm, 36 EMORY BANKR. DEV. J. 733 (2020)

The New Synthesis of Bank Regulation and Bankruptcy in the Dodd-Frank Era, in RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON CORPORATE BANKRUPTCY LAW (Barry E. Adler ed., Elgar 2020).

Divided by the Sermon on the Mount, 47 PEPP. L. REV. 495 (2020).

Notes from the Puerto Rico Oversight (Not Control) Board 34th Pileggi Lecture, 34 DEL. J. CORP. L. 529 (2019).

Bankruptcy's Uneasy Shift to a Contract Paradigm, 166 U. PA. L. REV. 1777 (2018) (with George Triantis).

Foreword: Bankruptcy's New and Old Frontiers, 166 U. PA. L. REV. 1571 (2018) (with William W. Bratton).

Reflections on Two Years of P.R.O.M.E.S.A., 87 REV. JUR. U.P.R. 862 (2018).

The Empty Idea of “Equality of Creditors,” 166 U. PA. L. REV. 699 (2018).

Bankruptcy on the Side, 112 NW. U. L. REV. 255 (2017) (with Kenneth Ayotte and Anthony J. Casey).

The Bylaw Puzzle in Delaware Corporate Law, 72 BUS. LAW. 1 (2016/2017).

Governmental Intervention in an Economic Crisis, 19 U. PA. J. BUS. L. 7 (2016) (with Robert K. Rasmussen).

Governance Reform and the Judicial Role in Municipal Bankruptcy, 125 YALE L.J. 1150 (2016) (with Clayton P. Gillette).

What is a Lien? Lessons from Municipal Bankruptcy, 2015 U. ILL. L. REV. 675.

Bankruptcy Law as a Liquidity Provider, 80 U. CHI. L. REV. 1557 (2013) (with Kenneth Ayotte).

Is Bankruptcy the Answer for Troubled Cities and States?, 50 HOUS. L. REV. 1063 (2013).

Transaction Consistency and the New Finance in Bankruptcy, 112 COLUM. L. REV. 152 (2012) (with Thomas Jackson).

States of Bankruptcy, 79 U. CHI. L. REV. 677 (2012).

Introduction: Appreciating Bill Stuntz (with Michael J. Klarman & Carol S. Steiker), in THE POLITICAL HEART OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: ESSAYS ON THEMES OF WILLIAM J. STUNTZ, Cambridge University Press, 2012 (co-editor with Michael J. Klarman & Carol S. Steiker).

Assessing the Chrysler Bankruptcy, 108 MICH. L. REV. 727 (2010), reprinted in 52 CORP. PRAC. COMMENTATOR 1 (2010) (with Mark Roe).

Christianity of the (Modest) Rule of Law, 8 U. PA. J. CONST. L. 809 (2006) (with William Stuntz).

More publications can be found here.

Working Papers

Christianity and Bankruptcy, in CHRISTIANITY AND MARKET REGULATION (Daniel Crane & Samuel Gregg eds., Cambridge University Press forthcoming 2020). (forthcoming 2020)
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Bankruptcy for Banks: A Tribute (and Little Plea) to Jay Westbrook, in BANKRUPTCY'S UNIVERSAL PRAGMATIST: FESTSCHRIFT IN HONOR OF JAY WESTBROOK (forthcoming 2020). (forthcoming 2020)
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A Two-Step Plan for Puerto Rico (February 4, 2016), U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 16-3 (with Clayton P. Gillette). (forthcoming)
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A Theory of Law Firm Globalization (unpublished manuscript, 2008) (with John Armour)

Why Do Distressed Companies Choose Delaware? An Empirical Analysis of Venue Choice in Bankruptcy, (U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 03-29, October 2004) (with Kenneth Ayotte).
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Research Areas

• Christianity and the Law
• Corporate Law
• Bankruptcy
• Debt Relief and Sovereign Bankruptcy
• Law and Religion
• Law and Poetry

Positions

Penn Law - S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law (2004- ); Professor of Law (1999-2003)

Member, European Corporate Governance Institute (2007- ); American College of Bankruptcy (2009- )

Visiting Professor - Georgetown, University of Virginia, University of Wisconsin

Temple - Associate Professor of Law (1993-98); Assistant Professor (1990-93)

Professional Activities

Executive Board of American Association of Law Schools Committee on Business Associations (2007-2010)

Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute (since 2006)

Member, American College of Bankruptcy (since 2009)

Board of Trustees, Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project, Philadelphia, PA (2000-2006)

Courses

• Corporations
• Bankruptcy
• Debt Relief and Sovereign Debt Restructuring
• Law, Literature, and Interpretation
• Christian Perspectives on Law